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A review by paperrhino
The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.0
This fifth book in the Barsoon series is the last one that is in the public domain and therefore probably the last one I read for quite awhile. The book was true to its predecessors in almost every way. Once again almost insurmountable odds odds were overcome, lots and lot of people dies, two new civilizations were discovered, and the hero came out ahead in the end. However, The Chessmen of Mars does a better job with plot pacing, foreshadowing, and resolving plot points without resorting to my pet peeve, the deus ex machina.
Like the previous novel, this novel too does not follow John Carter as the main character but instead follows one of his children, this time a spoiled princess of a daughter. She gets caught in a storm and blown to unknown parts of Mars. All of here adventures revolve around her escapes from capture and fates worse than death on the journey back to Helium.
If you made it this far in the series there is no reason not to read this novel. I found it to be the second best over all, with Princess of Mars being the best.
Like the previous novel, this novel too does not follow John Carter as the main character but instead follows one of his children, this time a spoiled princess of a daughter. She gets caught in a storm and blown to unknown parts of Mars. All of here adventures revolve around her escapes from capture and fates worse than death on the journey back to Helium.
If you made it this far in the series there is no reason not to read this novel. I found it to be the second best over all, with Princess of Mars being the best.